A Desperate Dictionary

Our video archive spans over 30 years and ranges from early, experimental shows to coverage of our latest productions. We've taken clips from a variety of silly, beautiful, musical, anarchic, serious and hilarious videos that demonstrate different aspects of our work and collected them into a dictionary of Desperation. It's also an alphabet of our shows - so if you know you're looking for the Ghastly Family, click through on G.

Many thanks to all those who have contributed over the years to this catalogue of charming collaborative chaos; from performers to costume-makers and set-builders to all the audiences - and to the Theatre Collection at Bristol University who are sorting through and storing our paper archive.

About Desperate Men

Desperate Men have been inviting people to play for over 30 years, creating, performing and producing ground-breaking outdoor theatre in the UK and internationally. As creative producers, we work on large-scale outdoor art projects and collaborate with other partners and arts organisations. We also create bespoke performances, street animations and education projects on commission and still find time for our own creative work. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, from working with local authorities to engage communities to setting up partnerships with other artists.